On This Day - December 30, 1968.

The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 756 VH-TVH 'George Bass' operated its last passenger service. It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) awaiting possible sale. It had flown 31,299 hours with 21,855 cycles.

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On This Day - December 30, 2008.

Qantas Airways' last Boeing 747-338 'Classic' VH-EBY 'City of Mildura' was ferried from Los Angeles to Marana (Arizona) as Flight QF6012 for long-term storage, pending sale. On engine shut-down it had flown 86,555 hours with 15,771 cycles.

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On This Day - December 30, 2021.

The Silk Air Boeing 737-8SA 9V-MGQ, arrived at Brisbane having completed its ferry flight from Singapore as Flight SQ8892. The aircraft had been leased to Virgin Australia Airlines.

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On This Day - December 30, 2023.

The Qantas Freight Airbus A330-202P2F VH-EBE arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF7533, having completed its ferry flight from Germany (Dresden) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration.

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